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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Calais. King. The burgesses of Calais request clarification regarding...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/222/11073
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This record is about the Burgesses of Calais. King. The burgesses of Calais request clarification regarding... dating from [1380] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/222/11073
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Calais.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Calais request clarification regarding the application of law in their town and the hearing of appeals against errors in judgments made within the courts of the town. They also request that the king grant them the use of an empty building for housing their cattle, as a replacement for an earlier building which had been used for a long time but which has been taken into the king's hands by the Treasurer.
- Nature of endorsement
- The response to this bill appears in the annexed schedule.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1380, with reference to the related writ and inquisition at C 143/396/29. The writ ordering the inquisition was issued in March 1380, and the inquest was held at Calais around the close of Easter that year (both the writ and the inquisition are damaged, and the dating clauses of both are incomplete).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the schedule containing the response to this petition, formerly attached to this document, see SC 8/222/11072
For the resultant writ and related inquisition into the second of these requests see C 143/396/29
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334633/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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